E2 Law Blog

Last month at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Environmental Law Forum, over 100 environmental lawyers discussed the implications of the duty of competence imposed by Rule of Professional Condu...

https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2024/05/articles/climate-change/the-rule-of-professional-conduct-1-1-and-climate-change/

On April 24, 2024, New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released an audit report on the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES), which was established under the Climate Leadership and Comm...

https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2024/05/articles/state-local/new-york/delays-in-renewable-energy-siting-in-new-york-a-closer-look-at-state-audit-findings/

After nearly two decades of litigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized a suite of four regulations targeting the power sector. The rules aim to address greenhou...

https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2024/05/articles/epa/epa-announces-broad-suite-of-pollution-regulations-for-power-plants/

Pennsylvania has an aggressive brownfields remediation program under the Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act (Act 2), 35 Pa. Stat. Ann. Sections 6026.101 to .908. Section 3...

https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2024/04/articles/featured/the-weirdness-of-appeals-under-section-308-of-act-2/

Last month in New York, the Appellate Division, Fourth Department delivered a victory to landfill operator Waste Management, dismissing a laundry list of tort claims arising out of a real estate ...

https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2024/04/articles/state-local/new-york/new-york-appellate-court-denies-developers-landfill-odor-nuisance-claim-in-metrose-v-waste-management-as-new-green-amendment-cases-await-decision/

Several offices of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP are celebrating Earth Month and Earth Day through participation in events around the world. Greenberg Traurig is a member of the U.S. E...

https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2024/04/articles/featured/greenberg-traurig-celebrates-earth-day-2/

On April 9, Kerri L. Barsh, co-chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Environmental Practice, hosted and presented to visitors from Washington, D.C.’s Dwight D. Eisenhower School for National Security ...

https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2024/04/articles/featured/gt-hosts-dwight-d-eisenhower-school-for-national-security-resource-strategy/

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently issued Notice 2024-30, which modifies guidance previously issued relating to the energy community “adder” for the investment tax credit and the pr...

https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2024/04/articles/featured/irs-adds-446-potential-energy-communities-eases-energy-community-rules-for-offshore-wind/

On March 11, the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulations (Final Regulations) under Section 6417 of the Internal Revenue Code (Code), providing rules for ...

https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2024/04/articles/featured/irs-and-treasury-department-issue-final-and-proposed-regulations-regarding-direct-pay-rules-under-inflation-reduction-act-and-code-section-6417-notice-regarding-chaining/

Greenberg Traurig is proud to be a sponsor and a member of the planning team for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s Annual Environmental Law Forum, taking place April 10-11, 2024. As a gathering ...

https://www.gtlaw-environmentalandenergy.com/2024/04/articles/events/april-10-11-event-pennsylvania-bar-institutes-annual-environmental-law-forum-2024/